Installing a Joomla! Test Environment in Windows
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Joomla! is quickly becoming the most popular open source content management system available. As its popularity grows, more and more institutions are building sites designed around its framework. I’m going to show you how to create a Joomla! environment in Windows for development and testing purposes.
Joomla! is a PHP based content management system designed to run on Apache web server. While you certainly could install Apache, PHP, MySQL, and Joomla! separately, there is a much easier way.
It’s called JSAS, or Joomla! Stand Alone Server. The successor of MSAS (Mambo Stand Alone Server) installs all of the necessary components to quickly give you a turn-key, ready-to-use Joomla! installation.
You can download JSAS from the Joomlasolutions website.
Once you’ve downloaded the installer, you can double click it and install it with all of the default options. You’ll notice that it installs your web root to a directory under Program Files. Don’t worry about that.
I know, I know. You want to customize it. You like to have a dedicated drive letter for your installation for security reasons. It’s cool. I understand completely—and so do the folks over at Joomlasolutions apparently! The installer does this automatically for you.
You’ll notice another cool thing about the JSAS’s Apache installation too. Instead of having Windows style paths like a normal Apache for Windows installation, JSAS creates a Linux style directory tree instead. Nice!
Next: Installing the JSAS package. >>
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